Ezekiel 11:1

The Fall of Jerusalem

11:1 A wind ¹  lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. ² 

Ezekiel 40:29

40:29 Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet ³  and its width 43¾ feet. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 40:49

40:49 The length of the porch was 35 feet ⁵  and the width 19¼ feet; ⁶  steps ⁷  led up to it, and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side.

Ezekiel 41:2

41:2 The width of the entrance was 17½ feet, ⁸  and the sides ⁹  of the entrance were 8¾ feet ¹⁰  on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, ¹¹  and its width as 35 feet. ¹² 

[11:1]  ¹ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[11:1]  ² sn The phrase officials of the people occurs in Neh 11:1; 1 Chr 21:2; 2 Chr 24:23.

[40:29]  ³ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[40:49]  ⁵ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[40:49]  ⁶ tn Heb “eleven cubits” (i.e., 5.775 meters).

[40:49]  ⁷ tc The LXX reads “ten steps.”

[41:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).

[41:2]  ⁸ tc The translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “the width of the gate was three cubits,” the omission due to haplography.

[41:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

[41:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “forty cubits” (i.e., 21 meters).

[41:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).